ASP.NET (VB) Class syntax

[gchq]

Hi there

The .replace function has to be used a lot to stop special characters being inserted into the DataBase (along with HTML coding) - sooooo I thought instead to this long string being inserted so often I could define a class and re-use the code (also if I need to add another .replace, so much easier). Simple eh? Seems not (sigh)!

I'm looking for the correct syntax to set up a class (or classes) with functions to take the string and return it with the special characters replaced - e.g.

Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System
 
Public Class HTML_Out
    Public Sub New(ByVal vString As String)
        ReturnString(vString)
    End Sub
    Function ReturnString(ByVal vText As String)
        Dim vReturnString As String = vText.Replace("<", "[").Replace("'", "~#").Replace("&", "*#").Replace(">", "]")
        Return vReturnString
 
    End Function
 
End Class
 
 

I would have thought that that this could have been called with

Dim vConverted as new HTML_Out(SomeTextString)
 

A shove in the right direction would be appreciated....

[kenobewan]

You need to declare the class and then use its functions, something like:

Dim HTML_Out as new HTML_Out
Dim vConverted as string  = HTML_Out.ReturnString(somestring)

I'll leave the class up to you to fix, if you strike any problems. HTH.

[gchq]

Thank you kenobewan - that was it!